2. PROTOCOL CONCERNING THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL D'HYGIÈNE PUBLIQUE New York, 22 July 19461 ENTRY. INTO FORCE: 20 October 1947, in accordance with article 7. REGISTRATION: 20 October 1947, No. 125. STATUS: Signatories: 42. Parties: 55. TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 9, p. 3. Definitive Definitive signature(s), signature(s), Acceptance(A), Acceptance(A), Participant2,3 Signature Succession(d) Participant2,3 Signature Succession(d) Afghanistan..................................................19 Apr 1948 A Ireland..........................................................22 Jul 1946 20 Oct 1947 A Albania.........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Italy..............................................................22 Jul 1946 11 Apr 1947 A Argentina .....................................................22 Jul 1946 22 Oct 1948 A Japan ............................................................11 Dec 1951 A Australia.......................................................22 Jul 1946 8 May 1947 A Jordan...........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Austria .........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Lebanon .......................................................22 Jul 1946 Belarus.........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Liberia..........................................................22 Jul 1946 Belgium .......................................................22 Jul 1946 25 Jun 1948 A Luxembourg.................................................22 Jul 1946 3 Jun 1949 A Bolivia (Plurinational Mexico.........................................................22 Jul 1946 7 Apr 1948 A State of)..................................................22 Jul 1946 s Myanmar...................................................... 1 Jul 1948 A Brazil ...........................................................22 Jul 1946 2 Jun 1948 A Netherlands..................................................22 Jul 1946 25 Apr 1947 A Bulgaria .......................................................22 Jul 1946 s New Zealand5 ..............................................22 Jul 1946 10 Dec 1946 A Canada .........................................................22 Jul 1946 29 Aug 1946 A Nicaragua.....................................................22 Jul 1946 Chile.............................................................22 Jul 1946 Norway ........................................................22 Jul 1946 18 Aug 1947 A China4 ..........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Pakistan........................................................23 Jun 1948 A Colombia .....................................................22 Jul 1946 s Panama.........................................................22 Jul 1946 20 Feb 1951 A Costa Rica....................................................22 Jul 1946 s Paraguay ......................................................22 Jul 1946 Cuba.............................................................22 Jul 1946 9 May 1950 A Peru..............................................................22 Jul 1946 Denmark ......................................................22 Jul 1946 21 Apr 1947 A Philippines ...................................................22 Jul 1946 s Dominican Republic....................................22 Jul 1946 Poland ..........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Ecuador........................................................22 Jul 1946 Portugal........................................................22 Jul 1946 11 Aug 1948 A Egypt............................................................22 Jul 1946 16 Dec 1947 A Russian Federation ......................................22 Jul 1946 s Ethiopia........................................................22 Jul 1946 11 Apr 1947 A Saudi Arabia ................................................22 Jul 1946 s Finland.........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Serbia6..........................................................12 Mar 2001 d France ..........................................................22 Jul 1946 South Africa.................................................22 Jul 1946 19 Mar 1948 A Greece..........................................................22 Jul 1946 12 Mar 1948 A Sri Lanka......................................................23 May 1949 A Guatemala....................................................22 Jul 1946 26 Aug 1949 A Sweden.........................................................13 Jan 1947 28 Aug 1947 A Haiti .............................................................22 Jul 1946 12 Aug 1947 A Switzerland ..................................................22 Jul 1946 26 Mar 1947 A Honduras......................................................22 Jul 1946 8 Apr 1949 A Syrian Arab Republic ..................................22 Jul 1946 Hungary .......................................................19 Feb 1947 17 Jun 1948 A Thailand.......................................................22 Jul 1946 s India.............................................................22 Jul 1946 12 Jan 1948 A Turkey..........................................................22 Jul 1946 s Iran (Islamic Republic Ukraine ........................................................22 Jul 1946 s of)...........................................................22 Jul 1946 27 Jan 1947 A United Kingdom of Iraq...............................................................22 Jul 1946 23 Sep 1947 A Great Britain and 22 Jul 1946 s IX 2. HEALTH 1 Definitive Definitive signature(s), signature(s), Acceptance(A), Acceptance(A), Participant2,3 Signature Succession(d) Participant2,3 Signature Succession(d) Northern Ireland..................................... Uruguay .......................................................22 Jul 1946 United States of Venezuela (Bolivarian America..................................................22 Jul 1946 7 Aug 1947 A Republic of) ...........................................22 Jul 1946 7 Mar 1949 A Notes: 1 The Constitution was drawn up by the International Health Conference, which had been convened pursuant to resolution l (I) 3 of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, adopted on 15 February 1946. The Conference was held at New York from 19 June to 22 July 1946. In addition to the Constitution, the Conference drew up the Final Act, the Arrangements for the Establishment of an Interim Commission of the World Health Organization and the Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique , for the text of which, see United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 9, p. 3. 2 The States parties to the Arrangement for the creation at Paris of an Office international d’hygiène publique, signed at Rome on 9 December 1907, were as follows: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of ), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, and Yugoslavia. 3 Czechoslovakia, who was a participating party to the Arrangement for the creation at Paris of an Office international d'hygiène publique, had signed and accepted the Protocol on 22 July 1946 and 1 March 1948, respectively. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume. 4 See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accession, etc. on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume). 5 See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume. 6 The former Yugoslavia had signed and accepted the Protocol on 22 July 1946 and 19 November 1947, respectively. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume. IX 2. HEALTH 2 IX 2. HEALTH 3.